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Brilliant Idiot · 03-12-2006, 06:49 PM

1:2 Breathing
This will help you learn to pace your breathing. As you aquire a better breathing pace, you will have better air exchange and your breathing will become more relaxed throughout the day. At first, as you practice this, though, it might not feel relaxing. The effects are more long term.... and - it will help your adominal lifts. (See my thread challenging push up people to a duel!)

Do this exercise whenever you have a minute - like when you're on hold on the phone or waiting in traffic or waiting for an elevator, or standing in line in the bank. As you get used to this exercise, it can feel very peaceful very quickly.

o Lie back or sit upright, or stand. In any case, have your legs not crossed, arms by your sides.

o Take a moment to enjoy the mere fact of breathing.
o Feel air flowing into your body as you breathe in.
o Feel your body releasing as you breathe out.

Now… wake up…. and get back to the exercise.
(Work. Work. Work.)

Step 1
o start counting how long it takes you to breathe in.

Count mental seconds or heart beats, any steady pace that allows you to keep track of how long it’s taking you to breathe in.

Do this for a moment or two, to get used to how long it takes you, on average to breathe in.

(There is no right or wrong answer here. (You can’t fail at yoga. Honest.) What you’re trying to do is get an idea of how long it’s taking, on average, for you to breathe in right now. So take a moment to get the hang of that. You don’t need to make your breaths too full or too empty. About two-thirds full and two-thirds empty will do nicely.)

Step 2
o Once you've figured out how long it's usually taking you to breathe in, start taking twice as long to breathe out.

If you took 3 second to breathe in, you want to take 6 second to breathe out.

You'll have to pace your breathing here. Try breathing out through your mouth, like you're blowing a kiss. Or imagine you're blowing across the top of a pop bottle, trying to get it to make a sound.

As you get better and better at this exercise, you can just go right to Step 2 whenever you have a minute.

03-12-2006, 06:49 PM	#31 (permalink)
Brilliant Idiot Tilted	Yoga Snack for the week of March 12, 2006 1:2 Breathing This will help you learn to pace your breathing. As you aquire a better breathing pace, you will have better air exchange and your breathing will become more relaxed throughout the day. At first, as you practice this, though, it might not feel relaxing. The effects are more long term.... and - it will help your adominal lifts. (See my thread challenging push up people to a duel!) Do this exercise whenever you have a minute - like when you're on hold on the phone or waiting in traffic or waiting for an elevator, or standing in line in the bank. As you get used to this exercise, it can feel very peaceful very quickly. o Lie back or sit upright, or stand. In any case, have your legs not crossed, arms by your sides. o Take a moment to enjoy the mere fact of breathing. o Feel air flowing into your body as you breathe in. o Feel your body releasing as you breathe out. Now… wake up…. and get back to the exercise. (Work. Work. Work.) Step 1 o start counting how long it takes you to breathe in. Count mental seconds or heart beats, any steady pace that allows you to keep track of how long it’s taking you to breathe in. Do this for a moment or two, to get used to how long it takes you, on average to breathe in. (There is no right or wrong answer here. (You can’t fail at yoga. Honest.) What you’re trying to do is get an idea of how long it’s taking, on average, for you to breathe in right now. So take a moment to get the hang of that. You don’t need to make your breaths too full or too empty. About two-thirds full and two-thirds empty will do nicely.) Step 2 o Once you've figured out how long it's usually taking you to breathe in, start taking twice as long to breathe out. If you took 3 second to breathe in, you want to take 6 second to breathe out. You'll have to pace your breathing here. Try breathing out through your mouth, like you're blowing a kiss. Or imagine you're blowing across the top of a pop bottle, trying to get it to make a sound. As you get better and better at this exercise, you can just go right to Step 2 whenever you have a minute.